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Bay Area Victims Identified in Fatal Crash Near Yosemite

Four women killed in a two-car collision near Yosemite National Park last weekend were identified as residents from Santa Clara and Alameda counties, according to the California Highway Patrol. (Published Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015)

Four women killed in a two-car collision near Yosemite National Park last weekend were identified Thursday as residents of Santa Clara and Alameda counties, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The four women and a fifth person, a Saratoga woman in her 50s, were inside a 2012 Mercedes-Benz SUV around 6:30 p.m. Saturday on westbound state Highway 120 east of Smith Station Road, where they were struck by a 2012 Nissan Maxima heading in the opposite direction, Norton said. The Mercedes then ignited in flames, leading to a small grass fire that emergency crews quickly extinguished, he said.

A 22-year-old man driving the Nissan, later identified as Marcos Lopez Martinez of Groveland, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Norton.

Saratoga Woman Survives Deadly Collision Near Yosemite

A Saratoga woman is one of two survivors in a head-on collision that killed five people Saturday evening on a highway leading to Yosemite, authorities said. Marianne Favro reports.

(Published Monday, Oct. 26, 2015)

Yu, who was driving the Mercedes, and the three other women were also pronounced dead at the scene, according to Norton.

The Saratoga woman was flown to Doctors Medical Center in Modesto for major injuries, Norton said.

Martinez's passenger, a 22-year-old Merced woman, also suffered major injuries and was airlifted to Memorial Medical Center in Modesto, Norton said.